Interesting questions have been posed here, and it is fun to speculate on how and which way the wheels are turning within the feline brain.

I can only add that none of my cats seem the least bit concerned with their images in the full length mirrors that serve as the bedroom closet sliding doors . . . they can hardly miss seeing themselves, yet they are quite unimpressed. I'd like to think they realize that it is only they themselves that they see, so no cause for any fuss or alarm.

I have heard of cats that sit upright and seemingly admire their reflections in a mirror . . . still I think these cats know they are gazing at their own image . . . and have totally fallen in love with themselves! Can you blame them??